Arizona mandates 5-cent rounding for cash payments as pennies fade
TL;DR
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed HB 2938, requiring businesses to round cash totals to the nearest 5 cents when pennies aren’t available, with pennies still accepted; rounding rules are 1,2,6,7 down to the nearest 5 and 3,4,8,9 up to the next 5, while 0 and 5 remain unchanged.
- Gov. Hobbs signs new Arizona law requiring penny-rounding at checkout AZ Family
- State agencies tell businesses to round down on cash transactions Channel 3000
- As pennies begin to disappear, states grappling with "rounding" problem for cash purchases CBS News
- Say goodbye to the penny, Florida stores can round them off under bill Tallahassee Democrat
- Virginia proposal could let cities set cash rounding rules if pennies aren’t available WSET
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